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An Act to punish white persons for the offence of gambling or betting with free negroes, mulattoes, or slaves. 1852 16 (1852)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0357 and id is 1 raw text is: 16 le agrced upon by the parties, without the intervention of courts of justice. JOHN E. KING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT C. MARTIN, President pro ten. of the Senate. Approved, February 12th, 1852. JOSEPH WALKER, Governor of the State of Louisiana. No. 26. AN ACT To exempt the members of the police jury of the parishes of Pinquemines, St. 13er- nard and that part of the parish of Orleans, right bank of the Mississippi river, from jury duty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pxemptioufron State of Louisiana, in General Assenbly convened, That the members jury duty. of the police jury or the parishes of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and that portion of the parish of Orleans, right bank of the Mississippi river, be exempted from jury duty, during the term for which they are elected. JOHN E. KING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT C. MARTIN, President pro ten. of the Senate. Approved, February 12th, 1852. JOSEPH WALKER, Governor of the State of Louisiana. No. 27. AN ACT To punish white persons for the offence of gambling or betting with free negroes, inulnties, or claves. Be it enacted by the Scuate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That any free resy ndu~ nWhite person who shall play at any game of chance, or iake any bi)t, acetanid or or in aniy mnanner gamble with any free negro, mulatto or slave, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than ote thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in the parish jail for a term not less than one month, nor more than one yehr ; andi on a second, or any subsequent conviction for a similar offence, shall be fined one thousand dollars and be imprisoned one year in the par- ish jail. JOHN E. KING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT C. MARTIN, President pro tem. of the Senate. Approved, February 12th, 1852. JOSEPH WALKER, Governor of the State of Louisiana.

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